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2018-Lenten-Devotional.Pdf The Lenten Season Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with the Saturday when Jesus was buried. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. This year Lent begins on February 14, 2018 and ends on March 31, 2018. Easter Sunday is April 1, 2018. Lent is a time meant for repentance and reflection, for silence and prayer, for listening to God. The season serves as a reminder of our need to worship and praise our loving God and Savior for His great gift of redemption, culminated on Easter Sunday with His resurrection. This devotional guide includes a devotion related to a specific passage in Scripture and contains a prayer that was written by an ancient or modern Christian. Many of our devotions were written by members of our congregation who shared passages that held particular meaning for them. Other days we have a devotion that was written by an historic or modern Christian writer. We hope these thoughts and reflections of faith will provide inspiration for continuing our church-wide mission of "Following Jesus for Life". This Lenten season we are reflecting on favorite Bible passages and reading some historic prayers. We hope these devotions provide inspiration during this reflective Lenten season. February 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Devotion: God’s Plan Submitted by: Marty Sommercamp When my husband, John, died suddenly at 64, I was just devastated. After almost 40 years of marriage, I was alone and heart-broken. For several weeks, I could hardly get out of bed or do anything. We had two sons. John Owen was the oldest and the father of two little girls, Shelley and Amy. James Peyton was newly married. Shortly before my husband died, he had told us there was a new grandchild on the way. Four months after my husband died, I was blessed with the birth of my first grandson, Luke. My heart melted the moment I held him in the nursery. Luke looked just like James but also my husband. I knew I could not ruin this wonderful moment by being depressed, so I chose to embrace this new life. Twenty months later, our precious Hannah was born. I travelled to the Sacramento area dozens of times to help with the babies. I became the San Diego Nanny! God has filled my broken heart with 4 precious grandchildren, who needed a grandmother who could come anytime. I almost never say no. I gave up counting after 50 roundtrips on Southwest! The pain of loss has been eased by the joy these four children have given me. While I am sad that my husband has missed this experience, I feel so blessed that God has allowed me this time and opportunity to devote myself to my grandchildren. While one door was closed, another beautiful door was opened for me. Prayer: Our Family Prayer When my husband, John Owen Sommercamp, was born on February 4, 1939, his maternal grandfather gave him a prayer that he composed for his new grandson. Morris Owens was a very religious Welsh Presbyterian, who had immigrated to America and settled in Twin Falls, Idaho, amongst fellow Welsh farmers. He read his Bible daily. This prayer was a nightly ritual at bedtime, and the memorization took quite a while. When our sons were born, this became their bedtime prayer. Now my grandchildren know the prayer; three generations have recited this family prayer. The closing of the prayer was a vehicle to ask God to watch over the family or someone close. Occasionally, the prayer was given at a meal by one of the children to demonstrate that they had memorized the family prayer. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, To thee I pray, Give me wisdom, health, strength this day. To do life’s duties faithful and true, As thou require that I should do. In Jesus Name, Amen. 1 This Lenten season we are reflecting on favorite Bible passages and reading some historic prayers. We hope these devotions provide inspiration during this reflective Lenten season. February 15, 2018 Scripture: 1 John 3:24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us. Devotion: Abiding Spirit From the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) (American Puritan revivalist preacher, theologian, and philosopher) Thus we see how full, clear, and abundant, the evidence from Scripture is, that those who are truly gracious, are under the government of that lamb-like, dove-like Spirit of Jesus Christ, and that this is essentially and eminently the nature of the saving grace of the gospel, and the proper spirit of true Christianity. We may therefore undoubtedly determine that all truly Christian affections are attended with such a spirit: and that this is the natural tendency of the fear and hope, the sorrow and the joy, the confidence and the zeal of true Christians. Prayer: A Heart for God Today’s prayer is from Ambrose, a bishop of Milan in the 4th century (339-397). He contributed to theology and doctrine of the early Christian Church and influenced Augustine of Hippo. O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore Thee, a heart to delight in Thee, to follow and enjoy Thee, for Christ's sake, Amen 2 This Lenten season we are reflecting on favorite Bible passages and reading some historic prayers. We hope these devotions provide inspiration during this reflective Lenten season. February 16, 2018 Scripture: Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. Devotion: Be Still From “Everyday Encouragement and Hope” by Debora Coty, Pamela McQuade, and Patricia Mitchell (American Christian authors) If we become simply caught up in busyness, we lose the distinction of our faith: a close relationship with Jesus. Knowing God is not about what we do, but whom we love. Our good works mean little if we disconnect from Him. Spend time being still with God today, and a deepened knowledge of Him will by your blessing. Prayer: In Silence Today’s prayer is from Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) and comes from the book “No Greater Love.” We cannot find God in noise and agitation. Nature: trees, flowers, and grass grow in silence. The stars, the moon, and the sun move in silence. What is essential is not what we say but what God tells us and what He tells others through us. In silence He listens to us; in silence He speaks to our souls. In silence we are granted the privilege of listening to His voice. Silence of our eyes. Silence of our ears. Silence of our mouths. Silence of our minds. …in the silence of the heart God will speak. 3 This Lenten season we are reflecting on favorite Bible passages and reading some historic prayers. We hope these devotions provide inspiration during this reflective Lenten season. February 17, 2018 Submitted by: Lynn Lilyquist Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. Devotion: Spirit of God Submitted by: Lynn Lilyquist Few things in life seem more important than being able to accomplish what I want, to be able to love as I am directed, and to be able to face everything fearlessly. Scripture speaks to this. 2 Timothy 1:7. For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and of love and of a sound mind. What else could I ask for? Prayer: Disturb Us Today’s prayer was written by Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), an English sea captain and the second sailor to circumnavigate the globe. Disturb us, Lord, when We have allowed our vision We are too pleased with ourselves, Of the new Heaven to dim. When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, When we arrived safely To venture on wilder seas Because we sailed too close to the shore. Where storms will show Your mastery; Where losing sight of land, Disturb us, Lord, when We shall find the stars. With the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst We ask you to push back For the waters of life; The horizons of our hopes; Having fallen in love with life, And to push back the future We have ceased to dream of eternity In strength, courage, hope, and love. And in our efforts to build a new earth, This we ask in the name of our Captain, Who is Jesus Christ. Amen. 4 This Lenten season we are reflecting on favorite Bible passages and reading some historic prayers. We hope these devotions provide inspiration during this reflective Lenten season. February 18, 2018 Scripture: Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Devotion: Peacemakers From Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910) (English minister, of Scottish origin, whose sermons drew large congregations.) If a man go and carry to men the great message of a reconciled and a reconciling God manifest in Jesus Christ, and bringing Peace between men and God, he will have done more to sweeten society and put an end to hostility than I think he will be likely to do by any other method.
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